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* In the intro to ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'': "The license plate said "FRESH" and there were dice in the mirr'r".
* In the intro to ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'': "The license plate said "FRESH" and there were dice in the mirr'r".
* The [[LA Law]] title card.
* The [[LA Law]] title card.
* The Carsey-Werner [[Vanity Plate]] for ''[[That 70s Show]]''.
* The Carsey-Werner [[Vanity Plate]] for ''[[That '70s Show]]''.
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'':
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]'':
** Jesse Pinkman, initially cooking meth under the name Captain Cook, had a car with THE CAPN.
** Jesse Pinkman, initially cooking meth under the name Captain Cook, had a car with THE CAPN.
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** Generally license plates of the form XY-TT 123 are found on Audi TT cars.
** Generally license plates of the form XY-TT 123 are found on Audi TT cars.
* Possibly the most famous plate on the internet: [http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/license.asp Florida A55 RGY], with the orange design filling in a critical letter.
* Possibly the most famous plate on the internet: [http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/license.asp Florida A55 RGY], with the orange design filling in a critical letter.
** Note that this one was '''not''' a vanity plate. Florida issues plates in order, and that just happened to be the random one he got. The generic Florida plate design has been changed since to include two smaller oranges and a flower.
** Note that this one was '''not''' a vanity plate. Florida issues plates in order, and that just happened to be the random one he got. The generic Florida plate design has been changed since to include two smaller oranges and a flower.
* Romanian license plates' shape is legally-mandated to be either xx-12-yyy or xx-123-yyy, where the first two digits are the county code (Bucharest having a single digit - B) and the numbers and letters can be either freely chosen for a small fee or given in sequence by a computer. This meant a lot of people started to speak [[Leet Lingo|Leet]] overnight, to translate their names and other distinguished wording and fit the limited format - up to a rap singer having the plate "B 505UGI" ("s-o sugi" meaning "you suck it").
* Romanian license plates' shape is legally-mandated to be either xx-12-yyy or xx-123-yyy, where the first two digits are the county code (Bucharest having a single digit - B) and the numbers and letters can be either freely chosen for a small fee or given in sequence by a computer. This meant a lot of people started to speak [[Leet Lingo|Leet]] overnight, to translate their names and other distinguished wording and fit the limited format - up to a rap singer having the plate "B 505UGI" ("s-o sugi" meaning "you suck it").
* Years ago the Washington, DC DMV issued a plate reading "[[Foreign Cuss Word|MERDE]]," without realizing what it meant. (It's French for "shit".)
* Years ago the Washington, DC DMV issued a plate reading "[[Foreign Cuss Word|MERDE]]," without realizing what it meant. (It's French for "shit".)
* Seen years ago in Michigan on a Dodge Ram 4X4 with huge mudder tires: 3M [[TA 3]]. It was a little disconcerting to look in the rear view mirror at a stoplight and seeing this huge truck behind you with the words "EAT ME" on the plate.
* Seen years ago in Michigan on a Dodge Ram 4X4 with huge mudder tires: 3M [[TA 3]]. It was a little disconcerting to look in the rear view mirror at a stoplight and seeing this huge truck behind you with the words "EAT ME" on the plate.
** A guy had the same number in California back in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
** A guy had the same number in California back in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
* Seen on a Mini Cooper: [[Doctor Who|TARD1S]].
* Seen on a Mini Cooper: [[Doctor Who|TARD1S]].
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* It's been said that one way to tell if someone's a geek is to show them a Volkswagen Beetle with a vanity plate that says FEATURE and see if they laugh. <ref>This is a computer programming joke -- "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"</ref>
* It's been said that one way to tell if someone's a geek is to show them a Volkswagen Beetle with a vanity plate that says FEATURE and see if they laugh. <ref>This is a computer programming joke -- "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"</ref>
* For the UK launch of the [[Porsche]] 928S, the company obtained the vanity plate "THE 928S", UK registration plates following at that time the ABC 123A format.
* For the UK launch of the [[Porsche]] 928S, the company obtained the vanity plate "THE 928S", UK registration plates following at that time the ABC 123A format.
* When cars are being roadtested in the UK, manufacturers tend to put a fake vanity plate on their press cars, as often shown on Top Gear. For example, all of Aston Martin's press cars bear the plate V12 AML (The 'L' referencing Lagonda, one of Aston Martin's marque's purchased in the late 1940's). Porsche 911's tend to have 911 GB.
* When cars are being roadtested in the UK, manufacturers tend to put a fake vanity plate on their press cars, as often shown on Top Gear. For example, all of Aston Martin's press cars bear the plate V12 AML (The 'L' referencing Lagonda, one of Aston Martin's marque's purchased in the late 1940's). Porsche 911's tend to have 911 GB.
* Sighted recently in Portland OR: a fluorescent green compact, license plate "KERMIT".
* Sighted recently in Portland OR: a fluorescent green compact, license plate "KERMIT".
* Ask any of the 600,000 citizens of the german city Dortmund and chances are they have at least once seen a car with a license plate that read either "DOOM", "DOPE" or "DOOF" (dumb/stupid).
* Ask any of the 600,000 citizens of the german city Dortmund and chances are they have at least once seen a car with a license plate that read either "DOOM", "DOPE" or "DOOF" (dumb/stupid).
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